Pleasanton Weekly

- June 8, 2012

Macaroni Grill operator wants out of lease

Dublin one of three restaurants in bankruptcy

by Jeb Bing

Waterloo Restaurant Ventures that still owns the empty, bankrupt Macaroni Grill in Dublin has asked a bankruptcy judge to allow it to cancel its lease with the owners of Hacienda Crossings where the restaurant was located.

Dublin is one of three of the investment firm's now-closed Macaroni Grill locations, with the others in San Jose and Boise, according to a report in the Portland Business Journal by Wendy Culverwell.

Vancouver, Wash.-based Waterloo held the rights to develop the Romano's Macaroni Grill restaurant concept in Oregon, Washington, Northern California and parts of Idaho. A hearing is set for 9 a.m. June 18, in Dallas, the Portland Journal reported.